Posted by linkadge on July 15, 2006, at 0:33:56
In reply to Re: couldn't have said it better myself, posted by SLS on July 14, 2006, at 22:55:22
All I could detect from that document about the possability of drug company influence was:
"the pharmaceutical companies had no other input into the design or implementation of the study, nor did they have involvement in planning or conducting the data analyses, and they did not participate in preparing manuscripts for publication."
But the problem is, that there were associations and financial ties between the drug comapanies and certain individuals who did have hand in the study. So no, the drug company may not have directly influenced the study, but if one of the study's authorities is in a position where they can personally profit from the sucess of the drug in question, it does not completely absolve the study from a possable degree of corruption.Linkadge
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